A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c11.67

c11.67

The history of the collateral Bāsim branch may now be briefly noticed. Sarvasena was succeeded by his son Vindhyasena or Vindhyaśakti who conquered southern Mahārāshtra with the aid of Prithvisheṇa I of the main line. His son was Pravarasena II who, after a reign of fifteen years, left on the throne a minor son of eight who had a long and peaceful reign. His son Devasena (c. 460-80) was a pleasure-seeker who left the government of the state to a minister named Hastibhoja, and was succeeded by his son Harisheṇa (c. 480-515). He was the most powerful ruler of the line and succeeded Prithvisheṇa II in the main kingdom as well. His Ajanta record shows that he extended his rule over Gujarat, Malwa, southern Kosala and the Kuntala provinces, thus extending the boundaries of the empire wider even than under Pravarasena I. The fall of the Vākāṭakas occurred between 515 and 550, during which period Chhattisgarh was lost to the Somavaṁśis, southern Mahārāshtra to the Kadambas, northern Mahārāshtra to the Kalachuris, and Malwa and the northern part of Madhya Pradesh to Yaśodharman. Finally the Chālukyas of Bādāmi completed their overthrow (c. 550).